67 Heading deeper (1/2)

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The expression of the team froze, the elite force unknowingly glanced towards Luis for instructions and saw that he was already holding up a signal that says: 'Don't move.'

They did what he ordered and saw that the Alpha Soldier Ants went past them. The two just went over to the Mud Ball Hill to gather some food and deliver it somewhere.

As soon as they disappeared the team breathed a sigh of relief, Luis thought: 'So these Alpha Soldier Ants also go on rotation, good to know.' He sent a go signal towards the team and they continued their journey.

After some time of careful movements, they arrived at the place where Julius left off. Luis already handed out the order to be extra careful as they were moving towards unknown territory, there might traps so they have to tread carefully. He also gave an order to Julius to continue mapping out the area as they go.

They faced a 5-way path and decided to scout the leftmost path first. There walked for quite a while before eventually reaching the end of the path. There they saw another batch of eggs but these ones are clearly larger than the ones they encountered earlier.

The surface of each eggs were covered in grime, there's also some strange vein-like patterns etch on it and they were also glowing with a faint green light which made the eggs look otherworldly

The team huddled up and discusses in a low voice: ”These eggs are bad news.” Luis said.

”If my sources are correct, then what's inside these eggs are the King's Escorts. When they hatch, they will serve the Ant Queen for a while but their loyalty will shift towards the Ant King once he's born. They rival Silver Knight Realm experts and grow stronger as they get older. We have to get rid of them now.”

The mood just turned incredibly solemn. The danger of this things just escalated by a few levels. If what Luis said was true then once these ants come out of their shell then no one in the Elite Forces can handle them. Luis might be able to hold them off for a bit but the issue is there's at least 10 eggs in here. He would be mobbed and would probably die a horrible death due to their numbers.

”We have to get rid of them while staying hidden as well. We don't want a mob of ants hot on out trails once were done.” Luis added some more.

”I have a plan.” Julius got their attention so he explained. ”We poke a small hole on top of each eggs and poison them. I have a few vials of deadly stuff on me, what about you guys?”

”I also have some, but that would empty my stocks.” Bea said in response.

”I have a few on me as well, but like Bea it would also empty my stocks.” Merlin added.

”Doesn't matter, we are sneaking in. Just use all of them and we move on, our main concern is finding the queen anyway.” Luis said and gave the go signal.

The team moved and poked holes on top of each eggs. Julius, Bea and Merlin went on and poured a vial of poison on the opening on each head. Once they're done, they immediately retreated. Luis made sure to remind them not to leave any traces since they don't want attention now.

After checking if the room doesn't have any paths behind, the team went back to the 5-way path and went to the one next to the room they previously went in. This time, they arrived a very strange location.

It was a room that had a strange collection of mementos from their victims. They saw bones of both humans and beasts, totems, parts of houses, woods, figurines, beast skins, and etc. All of them wore strange expression on their faces as they saw this room. They huddled once more and discussed in low voice.

”What's up with this room. Is it a junk room?” Malik asked while scratching his bald head.

”No, it's more of like another storage room, but this time it has mementos of their victims.” Raphael said.

”This is the Hoarding Room.” Luis explained, ”I've seen it on the records from Lair Hunting Knights. Ever lair or something of the sorts will have a room like this. For some reasons, beasts developed a tendency to hoard things that they think have value. This is their wealth to put it on perspective. Some beasts outside of the kingdom engages trades with other species.” Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.